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blowlamp  
#1 Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 4:58:50 PM(UTC)
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Greetings all.
Does anyone know if ViaCad can apply a surface to a Point Cloud, so I can save it as an STL file for subsequent machining?
Attached is a sample file I grabbed from the internet, which should do nicely for demonstation purposes.

Thanks, Martin.
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jdi000  
#2 Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:56:14 PM(UTC)
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Martin

Did you try the standard export for stl from ViaCAD and try that for machining? The point cloud is usually the raw data that is converted into stl format. I think that ViaCAD pro and up can convert surfaces into points but not ViaCAD 2d/3d.



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jdi000  
#3 Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:47:49 PM(UTC)
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Martin

Try selecting a solid and going into object properties and adding u v lines as many as you want. Then select everything and edit change object type to curves. Then use the points along curve tool and you can build a point like cloud with as many points as you want from a solid.



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blowlamp  
#4 Posted : Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:55:57 AM(UTC)
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Jason.
Yes, I tried that, but it just throws up an error message when I try to save the file. I need some way of applying a surface to the collection of points, so it creates a mesh before I save it.

Thanks, Martin.
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jdi000  
#5 Posted : Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:15:16 AM(UTC)
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Martin

Sorry I misread you first post you want point cloud x,y,z data to surfaces. Is this something you want to do a lot or just a couple of times? Are you digitizing your own data from a sample?

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blowlamp  
#6 Posted : Sunday, August 31, 2008 5:33:14 PM(UTC)
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Hi Jason.
I've been asked to recreate some embossed plaques and I wanted to use a digitising probe on my cnc milling machine to create a point cloud image, but I need to make it into a mesh first, for use with the CAM software. It's the sort of function I wouldn't use every day, but would be a valuable addition to my arsenal.

Thanks for your help, Martin.
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jol  
#7 Posted : Monday, September 1, 2008 12:53:56 AM(UTC)
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You can use points as the internal 'guides' in a cover surface with guides

Have you tried this ?

Not sure - Perhaps this is only in Shark !?
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